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03-20-14 | 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ovoleg

Isn't part of the test also a lactate threshhold test? that can set a baseline for FTP that might take the outside factors out of the equation like where you perform the "20 min" test?

I'm curious.

It is part of the testing. But on a practical level, lactate threshold doesn't tell you anything useful that a field test with a power meter
won't.

Last time I had lab testing, the results for my FTP and LTHR were virtually the same from the lab test, and from a field test with HRM, and power meter.

Quit bothering with lab tests after that.

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